SANFORD -- The son whom screen legend Hedy Lamarr adopted as an infant then severed ties to as an adolescent has ended his battle for control of her $3.3 million estate. Lamarr's other heirs -- primarily her two other children -- have agreed to pay James Lamarr Loder $50,000. A judge approved the deal Thursday. Hedy Lamar died of natural causes alone in her Casselberry home Jan. 19, 2000. She was 85. She had signed her last will two months before. In it, she made no mention of Loder, 61, a riverboat casino guard living in Omaha, Neb. He alleged that meant his mother was not in her right mind and asked a judge to put him in charge of the estate, primarily a stock portfolio.

SANFORD -- The son whom screen legend Hedy Lamarr adopted as an infant then severed ties to as an adolescent has ended his battle for control of her $3.3 million estate. Lamarr's other heirs -- primarily her two other children -- have agreed to pay James Lamarr Loder $50,000. A judge approved the deal Thursday. Hedy Lamar died of natural causes alone in her Casselberry home Jan. 19, 2000. She was 85. She had signed her last will two months before. In it, she made no mention of Loder, 61, a riverboat casino guard living in Omaha, Neb. He alleged that meant his mother was not in her right mind and asked a judge to put him in charge of the estate, primarily a stock portfolio.

SANFORD -- Desperate for a child and fearing she and her husband were infertile, actress Hedy Lamarr adopted a baby boy in 1939. She adored Jimmy. "Yesterday, the studio called, wanting to talk to me about my new picture, but I couldn't leave. I couldn't bear to be away from Jimmy for one moment," she wrote in her 1966 autobiography Ecstasy and Me. But things went very wrong between them. He was a difficult child, according to friends and family. They had a falling out when he was 12 or 13, and, like a door slamming, their relationship abruptly ended.

Actress Hedy Lamarr's estate was ordered to pay $263,000 Thursday to cover the legal expenses of a California winemaker she sued for using her image in a television commercial. The case of Lamarr vs. E. & J. Gallo Winery never went to trial. U.S. District Judge Anne Conway threw it out in June, saying no reasonable person would believe that the film snippet playing on a TV set in the commercial's background meant Lamarr had endorsed the wine, Gossamer Bay. Because the case was dismissed as groundless, Gallo is entitled to have the plaintiff pay its legal fees.

SANFORD -- Is James Lamarr Loder, the 61-year-old Iowa casino guard who is battling to get control of Hedy Lamarr's $3.3 million estate, her adopted son or her biological one? Loder's attorney on Monday told a judge, "We allege he is her natural son." Whether that is true -- and the evidence suggests it is not -- doesn't really matter in the battle over her money. What matters is whether the Hollywood legend knew what she was doing when she signed her will last Nov. 3, two months before she died alone in her Casselberry home at age 85. "There is no evidence that Miss Lamarr was mentally incapacitated," Michael McDonnell, an attorney for her estate, told a judge Monday.

CASSELBERRY - Speaking out for the first time since Hedy Lamarr's death, her family members shared their personal thoughts on the private woman adored worldwide as a movie icon. As family members boxed up the mementos in their mother's Casselberry home, they said Lamarr had moved to Central Florida after visiting friends here a decade ago. ``She liked it and stayed,'' daughter Denise DeLuca of Seattle said Monday night. She and her brother, Anthony Loder of Culver City, Calif., said they think their mother, who died Wednesday at age 86, will be remembered more for her inventive mind than for her screen career.

The flap over MTV's refusal to air Madonna's steamy Justify My Love video is leading to changes at the cable channel, reports syndicated columnist Marilyn Beck.MTV commentator Kurt Loder calls the Madonna affair ''a mistake. It was not a good move for MTV - and I think everyone here realizes that,'' he told Beck. After MTV decided not to include the video in its regular programming, the station contacted Madonna about showing the video once - probably around midnight - and interviewing her. But by then, Nightline had offered to air the taboo video, and she accepted.

SANFORD -- Is James Lamarr Loder, the 61-year-old Iowa casino guard who is battling to get control of Hedy Lamarr's $3.3 million estate, her adopted son or her biological one? Loder's attorney on Monday told a judge, "We allege he is her natural son." Whether that is true -- and the evidence suggests it is not -- doesn't really matter in the battle over her money. What matters is whether the Hollywood legend knew what she was doing when she signed her will last Nov. 3, two months before she died alone in her Casselberry home at age 85. "There is no evidence that Miss Lamarr was mentally incapacitated," Michael McDonnell, an attorney for her estate, told a judge Monday.

SANFORD -- Desperate for a child and fearing she and her husband were infertile, actress Hedy Lamarr adopted a baby boy in 1939. She adored Jimmy. "Yesterday, the studio called, wanting to talk to me about my new picture, but I couldn't leave. I couldn't bear to be away from Jimmy for one moment," she wrote in her 1966 autobiography Ecstasy and Me. But things went very wrong between them. He was a difficult child, according to friends and family. They had a falling out when he was 12 or 13, and, like a door slamming, their relationship abruptly ended.

CASSELBERRY - Speaking out for the first time since Hedy Lamarr's death, her family members shared their personal thoughts on the private woman adored worldwide as a movie icon. As family members boxed up the mementos in their mother's Casselberry home, they said Lamarr had moved to Central Florida after visiting friends here a decade ago. ``She liked it and stayed,'' daughter Denise DeLuca of Seattle said Monday night. She and her brother, Anthony Loder of Culver City, Calif., said they think their mother, who died Wednesday at age 86, will be remembered more for her inventive mind than for her screen career.

Fifteen minutes of fame is all Harry Loder needs to create a crowd of smiles.In fact, the retired banker can turn that much time into a full-blown song-and-dance show for almost anyone who will watch. But there is a special place in his heart for older audiences.''I'm an old ham,'' said Loder, 74, who contributes much of his spare time to local nursing homes. ''I go out there and have as much fun as I can.''He and a cast of others will do just that for the Second Annual Osceola Senior Follies this weekend at the Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. U.S. Highway 192 between Kissimmee and St. Cloud.

A NUMBER of years ago, my wife and I were just finishing our Christmas shopping up in Michigan. The hustle and bustle was causing some stress, and we were thankful when the last purchase was made.Night had fallen as we headed for the car, and it had started to snow. As we approached our car that was parked under a streetlight, the church across the street started playing Christmas carols over their loudspeaker system. As we stood there just enjoying a special moment, all the tension left us, and believe it or not we felt the ''Christmas spirit'' engulf us like we had never seen before or since.

Our progeny is propped in front of the tube, whiling away their youth with Beavis and Butt-head and lust-laden music videos. Is this the end of civilization as we know it?Yes, as a matter of fact, it is.Or so says University of Florida professor Gregory Ulmer. And he doesnt think thats a bad thing.Ulmer, a professor of English with a fascination for cyberspace, says we are in the midst of a dramatic evolution in the way we think and the way we communicate ideas. It is the passing of the torch from a literature-based society to an electronic-based one, and the transformation is no less radical than the advent of the printing press.

Fifteen minutes of fame is all Harry Loder needs to create a crowd of smiles.In fact, the retired banker can turn that much time into a full-blown song-and-dance show for almost anyone who will watch. But there is a special place in his heart for older audiences.''I'm an old ham,'' said Loder, 74, who contributes much of his spare time to local nursing homes. ''I go out there and have as much fun as I can.''He and a cast of others will do just that for the Second Annual Osceola Senior Follies this weekend at the Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. U.S. Highway 192 between Kissimmee and St. Cloud.

JOHN DAVID MORRELL, 54, 508 Orange Drive, Altamonte Springs, died Monday. Born in Trenton, N.J., he moved to Altamonte Springs from Massachusetts in 1988. He was a manager of the Country Creek Swim Club. He was a member of Calvary Assembly. Survivors: wife, Nancy; sons, Marc, Scott, both of Sellersville, Pa.; stepsons, John R. Goodrich, Boston, David Goodrich, Massachusetts; stepdaughter, Cynthia Gerry, Deerfield, Mass.; sister, Shirley Loder, Westfield, N.J.; brother, Leigh, St. Albans, Vt.; one grandchild.

''I threw the phone across the room. I screamed. I rushed to my mom, I grabbed her face and I told her, 'Mom, I'm going to shoot with Mick Jagger.' ''Joi Tyler, 18, a model from Ocala, was recounting the most exciting assignment of her career: To model some of the fashions available to fans during the Rolling Stones' ''Voodoo Lounge'' U.S. tour. The pictures will appear in souvenir programs.Tyler, who was paid $3,500 for the day's work, has come a long way since her first assignment two years ago, shooting fall fashions for The Orlando Sentinel's Florida magazine.